Wiktoria Kiszkis (born 14 June 2003) is a Polish

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, who plays as a

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for Ślask Wrocław on loan from

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of the English

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Early life

Kiszkis was born in

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, Poland. Her father Michał moved to London in 2004 and he was joined by Kiszkis and her mother Agnieszka the following year. Kiszkis displayed an aptitude for football and was accepted into the

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academy. In 2018–19 she played 13 times for Arsenal's youth team, scoring 30 goals and serving 23 assists.

Club career

Kiszkis joined

ahead of their 2019–20 season. She made her senior debut on 20 October 2019, as a 77th-minute substitute for Kate Longhurst in a 2–2

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draw with

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. Her first appearance in the

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came on 17 November 2019 at

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, when she replaced

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in injury time. She registered one shot, hitting the post in a 5–0 defeat.

International career

In September 2017 Kiszkis debuted for the Poland under-15 team, scoring in a 1–1 draw with the Czech Republic. As a 14-year-old, Kiszkis was part of the under-17 squad to contest the

2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship The 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Women's Under-17 Euro 2018) was the 11th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under ...

and later captained the team in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

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* 2003 births Living people Polish women's footballers West Ham United F.C. Women players Women's association football forwards Expatriate women's footballers in England Polish expatriate sportspeople in England People from Iława Women's Super League players Footballers from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship {{Poland-women-footy-bio-stub